REV. MARY BAKER EDDY.
My Dear Teacher: —One must be heartless, indeed, and unworthy the gift, who can enjoy and profit by your works daily, without a growing sense of gratitude to the author. The overflow of heart compels the lips to speak. As one included in the dedication of "Miscellaneous Writings," I would thank you for this latest gift to your students and the world. Since subscribing for the Journal, in 1888. your frequent messages and articles have been eagerly welcomed and carefully studied. Each one came to meet a need of the Cause—a proof of ever-present Love, to guide. While the text-book gave the absolute statement of Mind-healing, these short articles and letters were recording Christian Science history. At the thought of the long toil, sacrifice, and love embodied in this new book, pride and self lie low, and my prayer is, "Lord, make me humble."
Years ago, I asked your publisher if it were possible that students would ever be privileged to have this valuable history collated under one cover. The desire for this has been shared by many others; and how abundantly it is satisfied to-day! The fruition exceeds the highest hope. Not a fragment has been thrown aside, not a sparrow fallen to the ground. Our Father has cared for them all. Every precious, inspired word in its place, and love, "binding them all in one blazing sheaf, has cast them forth" to illumine the pathway of Divine Science. I can only dimly apprehend the spirit of that lofty purpose, plainly recognized in the new book, which caused its publication, but its perusal has done me a wonderful good. It has illuminated Science and Health anew, by giving it a more practical value. The Bible Lessons are a priceless treasure, a key which unlocks the Word.
